Cancer is 85% environmental. Let’s stop blaming our native, natural estrogens and our genes. Best to avoid XENOESTROGENS in the environment (plastics, pesticides, heavy metals, etc.) They overstimulate breast and prostate cells. Since we cannot eliminate them in today’s economies, we must reduce exposure and maximize our ability to detoxify them from our body. We do that through our gut microbiome and the liver.
This is where B vitamins come in:
- They are properly absorbed from the gut when we have a healthy microbiome to handle the foods that have B vitamins (fish, eggs, whole grains, leafy veggies, legumes, fruits.)
- B vitamins are critical for many functions, including METHYLATION in the liver. Methylation is an important pathway to rid the body of Xenoestrogens, as is Glucoronidation, which is fueled by cruciferous veggies.
- Methylation is also critical for DNA unfolding. A lack of B vitamins compromises healthy aging which increases risk of cancer. Look up “Epigenetics.”
- You do not get adequate amounts of B vitamins eating refined foods.
Reduce your risk of breast (and prostate) cancer by eating a plant-based diet, limiting xenoestrogens and supplementing B vitamins.
Reference
Methylation-Based Biological Age and Breast Cancer Risk
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 111, Issue 10, October 2019, Pages 1051
